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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Deputy Associate Director of Nursing

The closing date is 27 April 2026

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Job summary

We are seeking an exceptional and dynamic Senior Nurse (Band 8C) to join our Medicine and Community Services leadership team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and forward thinking nursing leader to play a key strategic role in shaping and delivering high-quality patient care across our medical services.You will provide senior clinical and operational leadership across specialty medicine pathways, with oversight of inpatient medical services and elderly care wards. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams, clinical leaders, and operational managers, you will drive service improvement, support workforce development, and ensure the delivery of safe, effective and compassionate care.This role is ideally suited to a motivated senior nurse leader who is passionate about improving patient outcomes, strengthening clinical pathways, and leading teams through innovation and transformation

Please note interviews are due to be held the week commencing 11th May

Main duties of the job

  • The Senior Clinical Lead has responsibility for managing all aspects of the quality of the clinical service within a defined but varied group of services within a division, including the implementation of robust systems and processes to support the Trust's development as a clinically led organisation
  • The Senior Clinical Lead is accountable for the delivery of nursing clinical services, within the defined services and is responsible for the nursing budget

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Details

Date posted

15 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£79,504 to £91,609 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR59-26

Job locations

Colchester Hospital

Colchester

CO4 5JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of theresponsibilitiesand dutiesof this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of theresponsibilitiesand dutiesof this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oRegistered Nurse
  • oEducated to Masters level or equivalent experience
  • oPost-graduate qualification in management or specialist clinical field
  • oEvidence of sustained personal and professional development

Experience

Essential

  • oSignificant experience of clinical management with proven experience in a senior management role
  • oExperience of leading/managing Clinical Governance within a healthcare organization
  • oExperience of developing and leading on organisational/service change to deliver improvement
  • oExperience of strategy development and implementation
  • oEvidence of clinical specialism
  • oExperience of working at a senior level across organisational boundaries
  • oExperience of developing successful networks and delivering innovation
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oRegistered Nurse
  • oEducated to Masters level or equivalent experience
  • oPost-graduate qualification in management or specialist clinical field
  • oEvidence of sustained personal and professional development

Experience

Essential

  • oSignificant experience of clinical management with proven experience in a senior management role
  • oExperience of leading/managing Clinical Governance within a healthcare organization
  • oExperience of developing and leading on organisational/service change to deliver improvement
  • oExperience of strategy development and implementation
  • oEvidence of clinical specialism
  • oExperience of working at a senior level across organisational boundaries
  • oExperience of developing successful networks and delivering innovation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Colchester

CO4 5JL


Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Colchester

CO4 5JL


Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Associate Director of Nursing

Tasha Machell

Tasha.Machell@esneft.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

15 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£79,504 to £91,609 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR59-26

Job locations

Colchester Hospital

Colchester

CO4 5JL


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